Malone is 2-8 against Cottondale since March of 2020 but they'll have a chance to close the gap a little bit on Tuesday. The Tigers will challenge the Hornets at 4:00 p.m. Both come into the match bolstered by wins in their previous matches.
Malone is on a roll after a high-stakes playoff matchup on Monday. They blew past Graceville 24-9. The result was nothing new for Malone, who have now won seven contests by ten runs or more so far this season.
Meanwhile, Cottondale entered their tilt with Pensacola Catholic on Thursday with two consecutive wins, and they'll enter their next game with three. They walked away with a 9-5 victory over the Crusaders.
Wyatt Speers made a splash while hitting and pitching. He looked comfortable on the mound, not allowing a single earned run over 5.1 innings pitched. Speers was also solid in the batter's box, going 1-for-4 with one triple, two RBI, and one run. That's the most RBI he has posted since back in February.
Speers wasn't the only one making solid contact as eight players wound up with at least one hit. One of them was Trace Pelfrey, who scored two runs while getting on base in three of his four plate appearances. Cottondale is undefeated when Pelfrey posts two or more runs, but 10-11 otherwise. Carson Maloy was another, scoring a run while going 1-for-4.
Cottondale's win was their fifth straight on the road, which pushed their record up to 13-11. The road victories came thanks in part to their pitching effort, having only surrendered 3.0 runs on average over those games. As for Malone, the win made it two in a row for them and bumps their season record up to 10-11.
Malone might still be hurting after the 11-4 loss they got from Cottondale in their previous meeting back in April of 2023. Can the Tigers avenge their defeat or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.
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